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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2008

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelEconomic activity (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 49304
2 Self-employed 7476
3 Government emp & training programmes 213
4 Unpaid family worker 239
5 ILO unemployed 3019
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 263
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 97
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 22
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 16
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 109
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 23
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 27
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 726
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 1060
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 177
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 1362
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 75
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 103
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesn't need job 48
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 176
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 268
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 0
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 7
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 3084
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 3545
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 154
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 3357
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 20
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 63
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesn't need job 502
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 21424
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 320
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 254
34 Under 16 24516
-10 No answer/Does not apply 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2008
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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